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caller: i just came to the united states. i am a legal resident now. before people talk about the eagles not paying taxes -- talk about illegals not paying taxes , we do not steal the numbers, we just invent them. in my case i work for seven years with a fake number that they took. for seven years i have worked, i will never get the money with my three jobs and we do pay taxes. inform yourself. you will understand that most undocumented people do pay taxes. make sure that the criminals do not get any identification in your passage of this law. the people that have worked really hard to put food on the table for their families, but they wanted an opportunity. forgive them. those k -- host: ok. congressman? guest: becoming a naturalized citizen, i understand what he is saying. but what you are saying validates what i have been saying. looking as social security, the last numbers i saw were over $4 billion there, people like yourselves that i put money in and probably will love be able to use the dollars, they will be used by other folks. on the other sid
caller: i just came to the united states. i am a legal resident now. before people talk about the eagles not paying taxes -- talk about illegals not paying taxes , we do not steal the numbers, we just invent them. in my case i work for seven years with a fake number that they took. for seven years i have worked, i will never get the money with my three jobs and we do pay taxes. inform yourself. you will understand that most undocumented people do pay taxes. make sure that the criminals do not...
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states, its rules written by the united states. they profited from that system. they have no interest in undermining that. when they argue is they want a "peaceful rise pirko they are not going to challenge the basic system. there are some reasons to believe that. they are building up their military capacity and their foreign policy capacity. 10 years from now, they would be an imposition to challenge that basis. i am more of an optimist because i think the basic economic reality is there growth is dependent on an open, global system. there would be in real trouble if that broke down. i think we saw the proof of that during the financial crisis. it was the united states, europeans, and china that really put together the package of measures that slowed the global economy and began the process of economic recovery. china was an extremely active and constructive participant with the united states in forging that response. that was a critical test. they could have acted differently. they could have allowed the system to collapse but it
states, its rules written by the united states. they profited from that system. they have no interest in undermining that. when they argue is they want a "peaceful rise pirko they are not going to challenge the basic system. there are some reasons to believe that. they are building up their military capacity and their foreign policy capacity. 10 years from now, they would be an imposition to challenge that basis. i am more of an optimist because i think the basic economic reality is there...
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that is the size and the economics of the united states. one of the possible core competencies as we talk to you this morning about america's strengths from tom friedman's column. here is a little bit more about what he writes -- we will begin with a call from huntington beach, california. good morning. slade on the democrat's lead but caller: the problem with our country is we refusing to deal with what is really causing our problem. like at the moment, everybody is willing to clean up the tea party. the tea party is no different than the republican party. host: we talk about the tea party a lot here, and i am asking a positive, what is america's core competency and you are going into problems. what you tell us what is good about the country, what works and what could be strengthened? caller: i can't tell you what works -- and i tell you what is causing it not to work? host: as long as he did to the other part, too. caller: what causes it not to work is bigotry and racism and we refuse to deal with it. host: what is our greatest strength,
that is the size and the economics of the united states. one of the possible core competencies as we talk to you this morning about america's strengths from tom friedman's column. here is a little bit more about what he writes -- we will begin with a call from huntington beach, california. good morning. slade on the democrat's lead but caller: the problem with our country is we refusing to deal with what is really causing our problem. like at the moment, everybody is willing to clean up the tea...
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caller: how can we work together as a country, united states of america? how can we work together as a country to make our country better, to be first? china is doing that. all we have said in the last 80 months is fighting and fighting and not going anywhere -- 18 months. i am very disappointed as a republican the republicans are not doing anything to help. we should put our country first. that is the first thing we should do. put our country first so that 10 years from now for our kids, we are not going, china is number one. what are we doing, for heaven's sake? the other thing i wanted to ask you, i noticed that c-span did show glenn beck rally -- are you guys going to show the 10-2 rally, the rally there in doing in d.c. -- it got organized labor? caller: yes. host: thanks for the call. the front page of "the wall street journal," previewing this piece. the president and one of the most emetic gestures to businesses will propose companies be allowed to write off 100% in new investment in plant and equipment through 2011. a plan the white house says eco
caller: how can we work together as a country, united states of america? how can we work together as a country to make our country better, to be first? china is doing that. all we have said in the last 80 months is fighting and fighting and not going anywhere -- 18 months. i am very disappointed as a republican the republicans are not doing anything to help. we should put our country first. that is the first thing we should do. put our country first so that 10 years from now for our kids, we...
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move the job from overseas back to the united states. host: how is it going to be for businesses -- how do you go about proving that? guest: that is a really good question and that question print -- pervades all aspects of this the bill. the language i have seen, they have to show or certify that this in fact happen but it is really hard for me to imagine that there are going to be that many equal comparable job shifts from china back to the united states or the other way around. host: what are people saying about whether not this has an impact on creating jobs in the united states? guest: the business community and that natural association and and that natural association and many factors are dead set against the bill, saying that it will hurt american combativeness, heard job creation overall. it is going to distort the market. the reality is, the key thing in need to look at in this legislation is the revenue impact. according to the joint committee on taxation, the payroll tax thing would cause the thing would cause the government's
move the job from overseas back to the united states. host: how is it going to be for businesses -- how do you go about proving that? guest: that is a really good question and that question print -- pervades all aspects of this the bill. the language i have seen, they have to show or certify that this in fact happen but it is really hard for me to imagine that there are going to be that many equal comparable job shifts from china back to the united states or the other way around. host: what are...
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guest: these are capital cities of states and then the capital city of the united states. when private demands, classic engines of economics, the theory behind the economic plan, when private demand falls, you have to have public funds rush in to soak up some of that underutilized capital. so as private sector is pulling back, public is pushing forward. so that's one of the reasons why a lot of the cities that have the lowest unemployment rates and have been most successful in terms of weathering the storm have been near liltral state capitals or cities like, say, virginia beach which is a military town, or san antonio, another military town, places where the federal government is still spending money to support these major industries that are bedrocks of the city. host: our guest with us to 8:30 to talk about jobs. the numbers are on the bottom of your screen. you can call or you can send an e-mail or off of twitter. for states that are suffering, how are they responding? specifically, how are they changing in order to counter act what is going on currently? guest: it's r
guest: these are capital cities of states and then the capital city of the united states. when private demands, classic engines of economics, the theory behind the economic plan, when private demand falls, you have to have public funds rush in to soak up some of that underutilized capital. so as private sector is pulling back, public is pushing forward. so that's one of the reasons why a lot of the cities that have the lowest unemployment rates and have been most successful in terms of...
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big business was convicted here in the united states. the car companies, oil companies, tire companies had all colluded to sell off our public transportation systems and systematically picked them apart and sold them off or destroyed them? guest: yes, ma'am. the case you are referring to is generally known as the snow case. one of the best pieces that was written about it was written by a conservative leader, pol why record -- paul why rick. you can go to public noseband -- publictransportation.org and you can read about that important piece of our history. since you have raised the issue about -- indirectly about america by talking of our foreign-owned companies, when an investment is made in public transportation, the vast majority of the value of that investment, about -- the vast majority of the jobs created by that investments are for manufacturing and construction done right here in the u.s. host: following up on the 15, 16 miles both ways back and forth across he wants to know how long it takes and how much to park. guest: it take
big business was convicted here in the united states. the car companies, oil companies, tire companies had all colluded to sell off our public transportation systems and systematically picked them apart and sold them off or destroyed them? guest: yes, ma'am. the case you are referring to is generally known as the snow case. one of the best pieces that was written about it was written by a conservative leader, pol why record -- paul why rick. you can go to public noseband --...
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we did not move to the united states. the united states moved to us. that was part of the territory that became part of the united states after the mexican- american war. there is a long and rich history, particular between mexico and the united states and peoples of those two countries. about 9% or 10% -- but if you look at the full population of mexican-americans -- thery unauthut 60% of orized immigrants and 30% of all. in fact, there are more immigrants from mexico and the u.s. than there are any other immigrants in any other country in the world. if you look, where 80%, 90% of that mexican population has come, it has come in the last 40 years. we are a country of immigrants. we had a big immigration wave in the early 20th century. then it went into a valley. it has picked back up. the difference is that our earlier immigration waves were almost entirely european, white, caucasian. this immigration wave, about 1/2 are latino and 1/4 are asian. it is creating a much more diverse society, and it is creating some stresses and strains that you always g
we did not move to the united states. the united states moved to us. that was part of the territory that became part of the united states after the mexican- american war. there is a long and rich history, particular between mexico and the united states and peoples of those two countries. about 9% or 10% -- but if you look at the full population of mexican-americans -- thery unauthut 60% of orized immigrants and 30% of all. in fact, there are more immigrants from mexico and the u.s. than there...
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here in the united states, as a u.s. citizen we like to travel to another country, you will need a passport. but if we keep adding documents like visa, passport, immigration is out of control. these are the points that i see every day where i work. the of almost three different documents that you can use to do business with someone. as well as taking advantage using illegal documents. it is a never-ending story here, we always see the same pattern. as well, since they had the opportunity to make different documents, they take advantage as well by giving profit. the government takes advantage. host: i read about this in the book. we all use the word visa wrong. it is a document that a foreign national gets at a u.s. council office in their own country that gives them permission to come to a port of entry. for many countries, european countries are european -- are of visa waiver countries. no one can come through the port of entry without having a passport and a permit. some of the visas that you can get our 10-year multip
here in the united states, as a u.s. citizen we like to travel to another country, you will need a passport. but if we keep adding documents like visa, passport, immigration is out of control. these are the points that i see every day where i work. the of almost three different documents that you can use to do business with someone. as well as taking advantage using illegal documents. it is a never-ending story here, we always see the same pattern. as well, since they had the opportunity to...
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we know the price of a terrorist attack in the united states. i do not think we had a choice. i supported the president in this war and continue to. this new president receive strong support from republicans in securing this nation. it is our number one priority. the price of not securing it is far better. host: the next call is from atlanta on our independent line. caller: good morning. i am a first-time caller. i just wanted to say i am happy to finally hear a representative to come on to is meant that there was waste during the bush administration. now the president obama is in office, we have to spend and raised taxes in order to get this economy back under control. where i come from, $350,000 is a lot of money. i know a lot of professionals that do not make that amount. we need to get a grip on the numbers. anyone making $250,000 or more, taxing them, to me makes sense. the 1% or 2% with money get their money through corporate loopholes. guest: i was talking about wasting spending and not wasted years. republicans had control of congress. no question about that. why would
we know the price of a terrorist attack in the united states. i do not think we had a choice. i supported the president in this war and continue to. this new president receive strong support from republicans in securing this nation. it is our number one priority. the price of not securing it is far better. host: the next call is from atlanta on our independent line. caller: good morning. i am a first-time caller. i just wanted to say i am happy to finally hear a representative to come on to is...
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what they call the president of the united states. host: one of the republican blind -- ron on the republican line from arkansas. caller: i used to be a democrat but this year when it comes the november elections i am going to be voting all republican now. i got a tea party flag hanging on my porch. we got confederate flags. these are american heritage. red, white, blue, that is american. we have the red, white, and blue and the heritage flag and we have all kinds of flags. we are going to go total republican this year because i had people attack our property, destroying property. they are against john pozman running for u.s. senator, and i think he is well educated. these are people we need to have been there. i think what we need to have in there is more like mccain. we need to have -- if we don't get them in their america is going to be in some real turmoil because we don't need to be paying $150 a month for health care insurance. that is another issue obama is doing. i do not believe -- we told him -- the democrats told him they w
what they call the president of the united states. host: one of the republican blind -- ron on the republican line from arkansas. caller: i used to be a democrat but this year when it comes the november elections i am going to be voting all republican now. i got a tea party flag hanging on my porch. we got confederate flags. these are american heritage. red, white, blue, that is american. we have the red, white, and blue and the heritage flag and we have all kinds of flags. we are going to go...
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i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas, congressman burgess, is recognized for one minute. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i thank you for the recognition. i rise toda to honor and thank father kirk gerhart of washington, d.c., for serving as the guest chaplain today in the house of representatives. in april of this year father was installed as the eight the representative-elector of st. patrick's episcopal church which is located in northwest washington, d.c., on white-haven parkway. he recently relocate interested my home state of texas where he served as senior chaplain at st. andrew's episcopal school locat in austin, texas. he is a native of nebraska where he earned a degree from the university of nebraska at omaha. he went on to earn a master of divinity and doctor of ministry from the virginia theological seminary. on behalf of every member o the house of representatives of the united
i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas, congressman burgess, is recognized for one minute. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i thank you for the recognition. i rise toda to honor and thank father kirk gerhart of washington, d.c., for serving as the guest chaplain today in the house of representatives....
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why was henry -- never elected president of the united states? guest: i think because henry clay had a difficult time learning. when i'm looking at this experience issue, what i'm trying to get at is how much trying to get at is how much are these individuals learning throughout their political career? i think we all have run into people who we know who have a lot of experience and haven't learned much over their life from their experiences? and i think unfortunately henry clay ends up being that person. he's very much the same person he was when he sort of first became speaker of the house. that he was leitner his life as he's running in 1844 and even making another attempt in 1848. all of his losses teach him lessons that then he goes on to use to great effect later. host: political oper tunist? guest: yes. host: yoo license is s. grant? guest: he is considered one of the highest oper tunists and because of that he gets thrown out, because he really didn't have any political experience before he became president. so is his breath number, the nu
why was henry -- never elected president of the united states? guest: i think because henry clay had a difficult time learning. when i'm looking at this experience issue, what i'm trying to get at is how much trying to get at is how much are these individuals learning throughout their political career? i think we all have run into people who we know who have a lot of experience and haven't learned much over their life from their experiences? and i think unfortunately henry clay ends up being...
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jobs from the united states-- china taking jobs from the united states. most politicians, it is greed. my congressman, when he first went to congress, she is now worth $3.8 million. host: are you voting against the incumbent in november? caller: it depends who is running against them. that is the situation. i tried to vote for the best possible, provided both of them are bad, i tried to get the very best. host: when you went across these different communities and you looked at them, is that there the same strand that runs through them, that there is a distrust of washington. guest: right now, yeah. it feels like a very different country than it felt like into thousand eight. it really does. there is an enormous amount of distrust -- it feels like a very different country than it felt like into thousand eight. 2008. why can't this be fixed? there is a great quote from the former editor of the town of eagle, her husband said, we elect them. they go to washington, and they change. they are different people. we need to change the way that works. maybe we shal
jobs from the united states-- china taking jobs from the united states. most politicians, it is greed. my congressman, when he first went to congress, she is now worth $3.8 million. host: are you voting against the incumbent in november? caller: it depends who is running against them. that is the situation. i tried to vote for the best possible, provided both of them are bad, i tried to get the very best. host: when you went across these different communities and you looked at them, is that...
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and it is like we need some sort of government to take care of the united states. if we did not have government there would be like anarchy and people will be running -- people need to understand that barack obama -- i did not vote for him but he is doing the best that he can. host: frontpage of "politico" this morning. max baucus makes move on taxes. that is the front page of "politico" this morning. here is an inside article with a picture of john boehner. congress to end on the usual note. jeff in for lauderdale, florida. you say you are happy with your tea party-backed candidates. caller: because -- you know, like the democrats, when they are in office they tried to paint it like the republicans are the bad guys and all of that other stuff. but with the tea party, my candidate, marco rubio, i say he will make them more accountable to the back door deals they have been doing. because every time they got and little -- they got plans to do things but they keep them back door. but once a the little things they bring them out to the light and tried to throw us off o
and it is like we need some sort of government to take care of the united states. if we did not have government there would be like anarchy and people will be running -- people need to understand that barack obama -- i did not vote for him but he is doing the best that he can. host: frontpage of "politico" this morning. max baucus makes move on taxes. that is the front page of "politico" this morning. here is an inside article with a picture of john boehner. congress to end...